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The Placebo: A Reader
Franklin G. Miller
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Description for The Placebo: A Reader
Paperback. This comprehensive sourcebook will be invaluable to investigators and scholars alike. Editor(s): Miller, Franklin G.; Colloca, Luana; Crouch, Robert A.; Kaptchuk, Ted J. Num Pages: 352 pages, 95, 95 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JM; MBDC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 984.
The placebo effect is a fascinating but elusive phenomena. Although no standard definition of the placebo effect exists, it is generally understood as consisting of responses of individuals to the psychosocial context of medical treatments or clinical encounters, as distinct from specific physiological effects of medical interventions. The Placebo is the first book to compile a selection of classic and contemporary published articles on the topic. Systematic investigation of the placebo effect emerged in the 1950s in response to the development of randomized controlled clinical trials that used "inert" placebo interventions as a pivotal element of scientific evaluation of novel ... Read more
The placebo effect is a fascinating but elusive phenomena. Although no standard definition of the placebo effect exists, it is generally understood as consisting of responses of individuals to the psychosocial context of medical treatments or clinical encounters, as distinct from specific physiological effects of medical interventions. The Placebo is the first book to compile a selection of classic and contemporary published articles on the topic. Systematic investigation of the placebo effect emerged in the 1950s in response to the development of randomized controlled clinical trials that used "inert" placebo interventions as a pivotal element of scientific evaluation of novel ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
984g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421408668
SKU
V9781421408668
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About Franklin G. Miller
Franklin G. Miller is a member of the senior faculty in the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a special expert at the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program. Luana Colloca is a research fellow at the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the National Institute of Mental Health, and an ... Read more
Reviews for The Placebo: A Reader
A 'must' for any professional health collection including discussions of media ethics, and provides a find definition of the placebo effect and its physiological and ethical ramifications. Midwest Book Review Nowadays, we will only buy [readers] if they combine an excellence of editorial taste and readability that beats the temptation of downloading our own selection directly from a journal archive. ... Read more